The relevant law, will come into force in July next year. The document says that a man can be accused of rape, if a woman did not explicitly consent to sexual intercourse.
At the same time, this law will apply not only to casual communications, but also to the couple.
Having approved the bill, the parliament has reacted to a whole series of scandals related to sexual harassment in the country, in particular, among politicians.
According to official statistics, in Sweden in recent years, the number of women who have been subjected to sexual harassment has increased by 70%. In 2016, victims of such crimes were 129 thousand. human.
As previously reported in URA-Inform, three women appealed to law enforcement agencies in New York, claiming violent actions by the 60-year-old American producer and founder of the Def Jam Recordings label Russell Simmons.